2021 Ch Giscours, Margaux

DUE OCT 2024

Deep crimson. Dark fruits, graphite, wax polish aromas. Smooth inky wine with ample cassis fruits, fine supple grainy tannins and malty/ vanilla oak complexity. Chocolaty/ leafy almost soupy finish. Still in parts. 65% cabernet sauvignon, 32% merlot, 3% petit verdot. 17 months in roughly 50% new French oak. 13.5% alc

91-92 points Andrew Caillard MW

Rich but so delicate, generous but refined, this has a lovely grip of fruit in the mouth - cooling blueberries and black cherries and plums with a soft mouth-watering effect. The tannins are textured and fill the mouth with a minerality and salinity - slate, liquorice, ash, tobacco and cinnamon. The overall motion is excellent and I love the acidity and the bite of the flavours. A very dynamic wine and one that will give a lot of enjoyment.

Drinking Window 2025 - 2045

93 points Georgina Hindle decanter.com

The 2021 Giscours is immensely promising and shows just how far this important estate has come in the last few years. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cassis, dark berries, cigar wrapper, violets, sweet forest floor and burning embers, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with terrific depth at the core, ripe tannins, lively acids and a long, penetrating finish. With wines like this, we're back to a level of quality that Giscours hasn't routinely attained since the 1970s! The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot; and even if by the standards of the last decade, that isn't a particularly elevated percentage of Cabernet, this is nonetheless a very Cabernet-driven wine in style. Tasted six times.

93-95 points William Kelley robertparker.com

Attractive bright plum in colour, this has a waves of flavour that offset the slightly bitter tannins that come in on the finish. Damson and black cherry fruits, liqourice root, rose stems and grilled cedar. 38hl/hyield.

93 points Jane Anson janeanson.com

Tasted on multiple occasions, the 2021 Château Giscours is another pretty, floral, more red and black fruited effort that has medium-bodied richness, wonderful tannins, no hard edges, and outstanding length. Based on 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot, it shows the pretty, finesse oriented, elegant style of the vintage.

91-94 points Jeb Dunnuck jebdunnuck.com

The 2021 Giscours is fabulous. In fact the 2021 is one of the best Giscours in recent memory. Silky and impeccable in its balance that 2021 possesses magnificent elegance that brings out its pedigreed personality. Rose petal lavender spice gravel and black cherry all come together framed by silky tannins that wrap it all up. The 2021 is less aromatic than most recent vintages but the depth here is considerable as is the potential. Tasted two times.

94-96 points AG vinous.com

Very precise and focused with tight, sleek yet firm tannins, framing a fresh core of black fruit, gravel and tobacco. Crushed stones and tea leaves, too. Savory and medium-bodied. Driven and linear. Lots of cabernet character. Chewy tannins. Rather muscular. But polished texture. 65% cabernet sauvignon, 32% merlot and 3% petit verdot

94-95 points jamessuckling.com